Bundle-tie.



A. BAIRD. BUNDLE TIE. APPLICATION FILED 0OT.8, 190'7.

900,645; Patented Oct! 6, 1908.

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BUNDLE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

Application filed October 8, 1907. Serial No. 396,495.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW W. BAIRD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marne, in the county of Cass and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bundle-Ties, of which thefolowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bundle ties, the object of the invention beingto provide a simple, cheap, compact and reliable tie for securingpackages or bundles generally and particularly designed for tying uppackages of mail matter in post-ofiices and the like, the device of thisinvention doing away entirely with such features as eyes, slots andbendable portions which require time to manipulate.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thebundle tie, per se. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a ackage to whichone of the ties is shown app ied. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of thesame.

The bundle tie of this invention comprises essentially two elements,namely, a disk and a string. The disk may be of any desired size andcomposed of any suitable material such as cardboard and under thepreferred construction of this invention, the disk is two ply, or inother words, is com osed of a pair of disks 1 and 2, one of whic islarger than the other; the smaller disk serving to reinforce the centralportion of the larger disk to stiffen the same thereby making thecentral ortion of the disk as a whole comparative y rigid andunyielding, while the marginal portion of the disk is flexible oryielding to the necessary extent. The two disks are arrangedconcentrically and the a disk as a whole is provided with a centralperforation 3 through which the string 4 passes, saidstring beingsecured to the disk in any convenient manner but preferably by forming aknot 5 in one end thereof, which will revent the string from slippingthrough the hole 3 when placed under tension.

In using the bundle tie, the disk is held against the package in theposition illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the string is then carried aroundthe package and brought under the disk and passed around itself close upto the disk and then drawn taut. If desired, the string may be wrappedseveral times around the package lengthwise and crosswise as illustratedin Figs. 2 and 3 and upon releasing the end of the strin it will befound that the same is frictionally eld in a reliable manner, but ifdesired, the end of the string may be wrapped around the severalWindings or wrappings as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The, tie while es ecially designed for securing envelops and mail mattertogether, may, of course, be used in a variety of ways and for a numberof purposes which will readily suggest themselves.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is Abundle tie comprising a fiat-sided disk having a flexible circularmarginal edge and provided with a central hole, a concentricreinforcement which stifiens the central portion of the disk, and astring passing through saill hole and provided with a knot at one en Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW W. BAIRD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. MCCLEES, EDWIN WHEELER, Jr.

